Rouen. A case of tuberculosis detected at the university and around 70 contact cases

“A case of contagious tuberculosis has been reported in a person who attended the faculty of Rouen, Pasteur site”indicates the Normandy Regional Health Agency (ARS) to France 3, Tuesday November 19, 2024. It would be a student.

While some students would have been summoned for a “mandatory meeting” Monday November 18, 2024, carried out by nurses from the Rouen University Hospital to warn students, around 70 contact cases would have been identified.

Infectious disease

According to our colleagues, around sixty students and around ten teachers are affected. These cases would have been identified by the Seine-Maritime Anti-Tuberculosis Center (CLAT).

Tuberculosis, an infectious, preventable and curable disease, most often affects the lungs. It is caused by a type of bacteria that spreads through the air when infected people cough, sneeze or spit.